give calendars as presents. that's not a present. [laughter] if i can get it for free on a magnet at a bank, it is not a they are cute but they are whiiite. like they go camping on purpose. [laughter] i never felt like i was dating a white guy ever real talk until i had to go to the beach with his family. i had never gone to the beach with a white european family before. they go prepared. they have tents for little white babies. my people are caribbean. we go to the beach for rum and condoms. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you. craig: michelle buteau, everybody! we'll be right back.

♪ what did we learn on the show tonight, craig? ♪ [meow] [laughter] craig: all right, geoff. one more chapter then you have to go to sleep. [laughter] have you read that book? geoff: yeah, it is a great book. craig: what is it about? geoff: larry king. craig: does it say anything about the time he was in the -- >> yeah, maybe. yeah. craig: did you know that?

geoff: i didn't know that. craig: i didn't either. i just made it up. what if it was true? geoff:'m doing that thing where i laugh and don't move my mouth. craig: i noticed. [laughter] geoff: you think larry has killed people? [laughter] craig: no! [laughter] don't be absurd. geoff: that's silly. craig: crazy. [laughter] you think secretariat has killed anyone? [creepy music] [laughter] geoff: no. craig: no. no. no. so you want to walk home with me tonight? geoff: how dare you! craig: what are you talking about?

geoff: i can't walk, man. craig: i was like why -- what's wrong with that? then i remembered. you're stuck here until tomorrow. geoff: offer of help. that's great. i can't walk. craig: sorry. so it is just going to be you left alone here tonight with secretariat. [creepy music] [laughter] geoff: maybe you could get me like a cart or something? craig: i'll get you a cart. good night, everybody.

this is 9news now. hurricane isaac is unleeching its full power on -- unleashing its pull power on new orleans. >> the big easy getting pounded with heavy rains and 80 miles an hour. >> i'm tracking the path of the storm. this is a very tense storm for people in new orleans. isaac is making the hit on the

eve of hurricane katrina. >> first we have great video. looking at these guys sitting on a bench when a huge wave just washes over them. >> that's right. >> almost washes them away. before the very latest on the situation down south, let's get right to drew levinson who is in new orleans tonight. >> reporter: rain is soaking louisiana. huge waves are crashing into alabama beaches. and flood waters are rising in mississippi. isaac has come ashore, and is expected to stick around awhile. >> stay off the roads, stay out of the water. if you're somewhere safe, stay there. don't get out. and this is not going to be over quick. >> reporter: isaac is slowly churning over te gulf coast. and could drop up to a foot and a half of rain. the storm surge may reach 12 feet. flooding is the biggest concern. wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina when flood waters in new orleans broke through the levees. a new $14 billion system of levees and walls now surrounds

the city. tonight that system is being put to the test. engineers say the new levees can withhold storms much stronger than isaac. that's why city officials here in new orleans did not order mandatory evacuations. and most people stayed. and most people are staying inside. but this is still the big easy. and some plan to party through the storm. >> katrina was our devastation. isaac is our celebration. because nothing is going to hit our city like it did before. >> reporter: thousands of people in low lying areas in new orleans was told to evacuate. the howard family is staying in a hotel and hope they have a home when they return. isaac plowed through the caribbean causing destruction from haiti to florida. it is expected to slowly grind through the gulf states for the next few days. >> and what's more, hundreds of oil rigs in the gulf of mexico have been shut down and had to be evacuated because of isaac.

those rigs are responsible for about 17% of american oil production. and for the very latest on isaac's path and where it's going to hit overnight, let's get right to topper. he is in the weather center with all of the radar and other technology. top. >> here is the deal, we have new information and the barometric pressure didn't fall and rise so it kind of remains steady. maximum winds are still 80 miles an hour. it's about 80 miles south, southeast of new orleans. it didn't really make landfall but it has been over the marsh for a couple of hours. it's going to a problem with storm surge. we had gusts of wind up to 85. right now we're not as concerned with the wind as the water. and look at the bands of rain. it's also going to slow down. some places could see heavy rain through this time tomorrow. perhaps even into thursday. satellite picture, the deeper the red, the higher the cloud and the atmosphere the colder the tops. that means it's a little more

tense. some deep convection off the south coast. it's moving northwestward at 80 miles an hour. 35-mile per hour winds and 22-mile an hour wind in jackson. we're going to be covering the storm tomorrow night and into tomorrow. howard is going to be here at 4:25 in the morning. we have live radar in new orleans with images and traffic cams from new orleans. and social media, we have images all over the place. images on facebook. twitter has instant update and our mobile app is free. we showed you how to use that. download the app and click on tropical track and you can track it right along with us. we'll come back and talk about a little silver lining and perhaps what this storm will do to us this weekend. >> thank, topper. new tonight at 11:00, a soldier from alexandria has died in kuwait. staff sergeant jessica wing was killed in a non-combat related incident. she was stationed out of bangar. new tonight at 11:00, a

grieving father says mbd failed his son -- mpd failed his son. nobody has been arrested and the father says an incomplete investigation is largely to blame for that. matt jablow joins us now downtown to explain. matt. >> reporter: anita, it was on this exact spot just about a year ago that pat casey was involved in a fight that would cause his death. dc police have not done nearly enough to figure out exactly what happened, says the father. >> what took place outside his still very unknown. >> reporter: nearly one year later, paul casey is still looking for answers and justice. >> we think that the truth may lie with the other two people. with the person who struck our son. >> reporter: it was september 23rd of last year, about 2:00 in the morning, when his son, a former soldier who served in afghanistan, was had the his friends downtown.

>> no one has characterized it as looking to pick a fight. he was just being irritating. >> reporter: police said casey was annoying other customers and after blocking the door to the restaurant got into a fight with a group of young men. according to police, just outside of the mcdonald's, casey was either punched or pushed and hit his head on the pavement when he fell. six days later he passed away and to date nobody has been charged with his death. >> they really didn't do police work. they didn't use the evidence that they had effectively. >> reporter: casey's father says this surveillance video completely undermines the police department's contention that pat seen in the corner of the restaurant wearing a red short and green shorts was bothering customers. >> we don't see pat as being an instigator or being at fault here. >> reporter: paul casey says the police investigation into his son's death was "sloppy" and he's determined to learn the full story of what happened outside that mcdonald's. >> no person who had a loved one

die in a situation like this would look at this police investigation and be satisfied. >> reporter: in a statement released tonight , the assistant chief of the dc police department said, and i quote, "all of the witnesses in the event and video in the case were brought to the u.s. attorney's office. they decided there was not enough evidence to proceed in the prosecution. our condolences are with the casey family has that he struggle to come to grips with this tragic loss". >> thank you. a new piece of evidence released today is reenergizing investigators to find thugs that beat a man to death. it shows them after they attacked. he was headed home when he was

beaten near the 700-block of north carolina avenue on capitol hill. >> i just wanted to ask the public to please watch this video and show it to anybody they know and see if anybody can be recognized from this video. >> the victim's wife says he's still in the intensive care unit recovering from his injuries. meanwhile if you recognize the car or the people in the video we showed you, please call dc police. the gop has named mitt romney its nominee for president of the united states. on this, the first full day of the republican national convention, the role call of the state gave romney the votes he needed to lead his party into november. now the candidate's wife has gotten in front of that audience to reintroduce him to the country. here is gary nurenberg with a wrapup of all that went down tonight. gary. >> reporter: well, derek, it was both extremely personal and extremely political in prime time tonight. new jersey governor chris christie giving the attack on the obama administration and

romney the story of the caring family man she wants the country to know. >> you can trust mitt. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: when she finished her address half an hour ago, he was by her side as he has been for their 42 years together. she had just tried to reassure america herrmann was there to lead it. >> i can't tell you what is going to happen to tell you but i can only stand here tonight as a wife, a mother, a grandmother and make you this solid commitment. this man will not fail. [ cheers and applause ] >> this man will not let us down. >> reporter: and knowing her husband trails among women. >> i love you women. [ cheers and applause ] >> and i hear your voices. >> reporter: his image of a millionaire that doesn't understand the struggle of common workers, she remembered their beginning. >> our desk was a door propped up on sawhorses.

>> reporter: and a promise. >> no one will work harder. no one will care more. and no one will move heaven and earth like mitt romney can make this country a better place to live. [ cheers and applause ]. >> reporter: event full day. the romneys and ryans arriving in tampa tuesday. quick walk through on the podium from hear. >> we will proceed with the order of business. >> reporter: the virginia governor presenting the platform. >> this is your platform, and i urge its adoption. >> reporter: and a roll call vote. >> the district of columbia is excited to pledge all 19 of our delegate votes to mitt romney. [ cheers and applause ]. >> reporter: it made romney the official nominee of the party. chris christie says they have to face the truth that democrats avoid. >> here is their plan. whistle a happy tune while driving us off the fiscal cliff.

our ideas are right for america and their ideas have failed america. it is time to end this era of absentee leadership and send real leaders back to the white house. america needs mitt romney and paul ryan and we need them right now. >> reporter: christy got them riled up but much of the week should be on reintroducing mitt romney to the public. romney himself will introduce the public on thursday. >> thank you, gary. in a few minutes, we're going to chat with bob urlich and his wife and they'll talk about tonight's big speeches. today more than a thousand police vehicles drew a thin blue line across prince george's county. a funeral escort for a fallen officer adrian morris. family and friends packed the church to say farewell. >> adrian morris was more than a

police officer. he was -- the police department is a better police department because of adrian. >> the prince george's county officer died last week when his cruiser crashed on i95 during a police chase. we're learning disturbing new details about a 15-year-old high school student accused of opening fire on the first day of school yesterday injuring a classmate. tonight the 17-year-old victim from perry hall high in maryland remains in critical condition. police say boy went to school yesterday with a bottle of vodka, a disassembled shotgun and ammunition. his attorney doesn't believe he was going to kill anyone but brought it to intimidate bullies. check out this substitute teacher's mug shot. she's accused of showing up to a middle school intoxicated. she arrested jacqueline barnes monday morning. we're told she never came in contact with students.

new tonight at 11:00, if you've got nestle toll house cookie dough, beware. it could be contaminated with e coli. the plant where they make the stuff has been shut down and so far 66 people have gotten sick from eating the raw dough. 25 had to be hospitalized. if you got the dough you can throw it out or take it back to the store for a full refund. still ahead on 9, say it isn't so. the redskins release a fan favorite. we'll get you caught up on the chris cooley story tonight. we'll tell you about the possible silver lining in hurricane isaac and

back now to our coverage of the republican national convention in tampa where we're joined by former governor and mitt romney's campaign chair bob

urlich and his wife. let's talk about ann's speech. she called her partner in marriage, her best friend. a guy who will never give up. did she help win over women's hearts tonight. >> i think she did a fabulous job. checkmate on that gender gap. and i think that she did it in a wonderful way. she did it by telling their story but also embracing success and relating to every mom in the country. >> i would concur. obviously a feminine perspective here. but she was able to give that perspective in the context of the message from this campaign. we did bill that has become a major message in this campaign. you'll hear a lot about it. and she sort of wove that throughout her speech. so we thought she hit sort of a double homerun. she obviously did the wife thing

very well. feminine perspective. but also the messaging from the campaign which is hard work, success, something to be proud of. not ashamed of. >> that's right. >> women can relate to her. that's for sure. >> and she tried to address working women, some single moms and their role in this tough economy as far as keeping their family afloat. she talked about the collective sigh at the end of the day. could continued worry over the economy be a big enough deal to sway women away from their mistrust of romney's use of other traditional female issues. what do you think, bob? >> well, again, it was a twin hit here. it was a feminine perspective, a wife, a mom. clearly a message directed to women. and when she wagged that finger, she reminded me of my wife so she meant business. but it was economic empowerment from government. dollars and cents in raising kids. and understanding the real pressures family have today. again, this president, this

administration has very little to defend with regard to economic record. it was also in that sense a subtle attack on the president's record. but aggressive in the sense that my husband with that finger pointing can do better. >> what about chris christie? totally different tenor saying we don't need politicians to get things done. >>. >> red meat. >> again, it's his style. his style is direct, as he mentioned. apparently his mother was very direct. [ laughing ] >> and he is his mother's child. so he spoke to that and he did it directly and he was able to look at his record and then compare that to what we need as a nation in going forward and that mitt romney can do that too. >> that was red meat. it's adult time. it's serious time. it's frank time. that's the message coming out of this campaign. we want to engage in a real dialogue about real issues affecting real people at a real

bottom line. no more political clichis. to the extent that message is directed independence, hopefully it's a win on our side. >> some powerful images of women tonight. thanks a lot, guys. one of the biggest things we're having to deal with is the 200-mile storm blowing in. >> he's a pretty serious dude. not so much wind, but we already have reports of a 10.3 storm surge in louisiana. let me show you the radar again. this really tells the story. the problem with this, the storm is not going to move very far very fast. so southern louisiana is going to get pummeled with rainfall. 10, 15 inches of rain in addition to 60-80 miles an hour winds. we had a wind gust of about 67-mile per hour on the south side just in the last hour. here is a look at the computer model and what it things in terms of rainfall. okay. you get up to the red, you have 4-5 inches. this is going crazy. i mean, we're talking anywhere

from 15-18 inches of rain in portions of central and even west central sections of louisiana over the next 48 hours. that was 48 hours. wind gusts 60 miles an hour now at new orleans. and we're looking at 35-mile per hour wind gusts at biloxi. 22 in jackson. the track hasn't changed. it keeps it as a category one storm moving just to the southwest in new orleans. it will weaken back it a tropical storm tomorrow afternoon as winds go back to about 65 miles per hour. then it begins to turn. this tracks just a hair west as you get up into louisiana and arkansas but it will turn back to the north and then turn back to the north and the east. and the silver lining here is quite simply places that needed rainfall are going to get some rainfall. places like missouri, parts of iowa, parts of illinois, indiana as the storm begins to move through missouri and then turn back to the north and to the east. and, yes, some of the moisture could get in here in time for the latter part of our holiday weekend. we'll talk more about that in a minute. right now a live look outside.

white house is dark. this is brought to you by michael and son. 78 right now. dew point 61. so it's pretty comfortable. but the really cool air comes in tomorrow and tomorrow night. the dryer air, if you will. so light jacket early. not a bad idea at the bus stop with temperatures in the 60s. don't forget your shades. blinding sunshine all day tomorrow. that's a good problem. a fantastic wednesday. and maybe even light jacket for the redskin game. before the game is over, temperatures are going to fall into the 60s. so overnight looks like this, clear skies, comfortable. you might be able to open the windows. winds west, northwest at 10. next three days, guess what, code green, green and green. spectacular tomorrow. 84. fantastic on thursday. 88. it's going to be hot on friday, but not crazy. humid. that's the good thing. 94 for a high. next seven days, all right, saturday we had an isolated storm possible but should be a pretty nice day. temperatures around 90. and then we do see an increasing chance of showers and storms. thank you mr. isaac, especially on labor day temperatures in the

mid 80s. back to 90 on tuesday with sunshine. >> better get outside the next couple of days for sure. >> good idea. >> uh-huh. >>. you know, i've been spending some time today just going in my head my favorite chris cooley play. i can think of a couple things he did that was just amazing and make me go cool. >> we were getting all of his highlights. we're going to show the three touchdown game against dallas. there is lots of great moments. and he had a great personality as well. chris cooley says an unexpected goodbye to redskin nation. we'll take a look back at cooley's time in dc. plus, strasburg and the nats